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Ward
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(2):
(n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
(3):
(n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(4):
(a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(5):
(n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(6):
(n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.
(7):
(n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(8):
(n.) A division of a county.
(9):
(n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
(10):
(n.) A division of a forest.
(11):
(n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(12):
(n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(13):
(v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(14):
(n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(15):
(n.) To defend; to protect.
(16):
(n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.
(17):
(v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
(18):
(n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ward'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/ward.html. 1828.
